Oh. My. God.

DuoTheShinigami02 · Post by **DuoTheShinigami02** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:49 pm

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/london.bombing/

The only thing I gotta say is...

**goes into silence***

yoshmaster5 · Post by **yoshmaster5** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:11 pm

I heard... we should have known something like that was coming.

Em · Post by Em » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:15 pm

Annyoing thing about this is that people are saying this gruop did it that gruop did it etc but no-one knows who did it or why many rumours and heresay are going round.

Just hope that anyone wiht firends or relivies around Londond or in London are okay.

jupiter23 · Post by **jupiter23** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:29 pm

The Associated Press is saying a group related to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack.

I heard about it when I was getting ready to go to work this morning.

Sailorasteroid · Post by **Sailorasteroid** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:58 pm

That group posted it on their web site, but they pulled it off later and they had falsely claimed responsibility for other attacks.

Now, as tragic as this was, consider this: In 2001, the major terrorist attack in New York killed around 2600 and injured about 6300. In 2003, the major terrorist attack in Madrid killed 191 and injured 1800. Today in 2005, the terrorism in London has killed 37 and injured 700. I think we are winning against these barbarians. I think if we keep up our agression their attacks will only grow more ineffective.

RoastedTwinkies · Post by **RoastedTwinkies** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:58 pm

I didn't bother to read the article. I saw it on the news this morning. It's scary, really scary. They were also talking about how much these imfluence these terrorist groups have on people, like how people come to truly believe their ideas and go out and do their own terrorist attacks.

DreamEmpress · Post by **DreamEmpress** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:29 pm

my boyfriend called me this afternoon and told me about it. I don't really watch the news much so I tend to not really know whether things are getting better or worse. But I honestly never imagined that this would happen over there. I guess I shouldn't really be so surprised. This world just keeps getting scarier.

my heart goes out to the families over there.

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:30 pm

I thought Bush was fighting the terrorists? Shouldn't it be stopped by now?

Post by **Tiff** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:39 pm

Sakuya wrote:I thought Bush was fighting the terrorists? Shouldn't it be stopped by now?

That's like saying, "Please stop all violence. Thanks."

Things like this can't just be...stopped. They are always going to exist, in some shape or form. You might as well ask for world peace if you're going to ask that all terrorism stop.

It's a sad happening in London, but...I'm not really broken up about it. I wish them the best of luck and hope, but I'm not going to pretend it scares the beejezus out of me, or that i'm terribly upset.

I refuse to let this sort of thing hinder my life...it happened to us, it happened in Spain, and now it's happened in London. I just hope that, at least, we find a way to lessen the terrorist attacks.

But stopping them completely? Not going to happen.

Akarui Kibuno · Post by **Akarui Kibuno** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:19 am

Ditto to what Tiff said.

And I should add that, even though it's closer to me (cause I'm near Paris after all) , while I do have sympathy for the families and everyone who died or that was hurt... I'm not going to look for every news article about it.

I'm not going to talk everyday about it.

I'm not going to WATCH all news about it.

It's depressing and sad already, so, well, I know about it, I'm a little sad about it, but that's it. It's not cause I don't care: I don't think I know of anyone in London that's close enough to me to even cry about it. And I can't do anything.

All I can say is what I just typed.

yoshmaster5 · Post by **yoshmaster5** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:52 am

Amen to Tiffu's and Akarui's comments.

this stuff has been happening for centuries, it's not going to stop because of a president that has a grudge on the middle east, or so I think. our chances of stopping this, is slim to none. there will always be people who think this way... everywhere in the world. this group, right now, is the major one.

Em · Post by Em » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:30 pm

Scary thing is that there's police around all the sation's and airport's today wiht gubn's and everything. I can't rember the lasty time soemthing like this has caused the police to do this and "gaurd" all sations and airport's it's really sacry

DreamEmpress wrote:But I honestly never imagined that this would happen over there. I guess I shouldn't really be so surprised. This world just keeps getting scarier.

Snice around the the early 19th century a gruop calling themsleves the IRA have been bombing Belfast ( Northen Ireland) Londond ( England) and other town's and cites heck it's even attack were I live and it's a small seaside town. The nasty thing I think about it is that because of this England just sort of takes it in it's step sure it's nasty and horrbile and peo[ple get killed that shouldn't of. Forgive me if that sound cold it's not ment to be.

Post by **Tiff** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:45 pm

Akarui Kibuno wrote:Ditto to what Tiff said.

And I should add that, even though it's closer to me (cause I'm near Paris after all) , while I do have sympathy for the families and everyone who died or that was hurt... I'm not going to look for every news article about it.

I'm not going to talk everyday about it.

I'm not going to WATCH all news about it.

It's depressing and sad already, so, well, I know about it, I'm a little sad about it, but that's it. It's not cause I don't care: I don't think I know of anyone in London that's close enough to me to even cry about it. And I can't do anything.

All I can say is what I just typed.

*nods* Exactly. I watched one news report online, and that was it. That's all I needed. I refuse to let things like this rule my life, even just a little bit. I was the same way about 9/11, and when we first started going to war afterwards.

StarlightJupiter · Post by **StarlightJupiter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:57 pm

They are just trying to make us afraid of them. If everyone shows that we are strong and wont let things like this weaken us, they wont win.

Jusenkyo no Pikachu · Post by **Jusenkyo no Pikachu** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:29 am

Tiff wrote:I refuse to let this sort of thing hinder my life...it happened to us, it happened in Spain, and now it's happened in London.

...It happened TWICE in Indonesia too. Both times affected Australia. I'm caring more about Schapelle Corby than Abu Bakar Bashir, though.

Post by **Tiff** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:37 am

Jusenkyo no Pikachu wrote:
Tiff wrote:I refuse to let this sort of thing hinder my life...it happened to us, it happened in Spain, and now it's happened in London.
...It happened TWICE in Indonesia too. Both times affected Australia. I'm caring more about Schapelle Corby than Abu Bakar Bashir, though.

Okay, and your point? Again, I'm not going to sit here and mourn. I'm going to live my life.

Pipestrell · Post by **Pipestrell** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:53 am

Is it strange for me to be surprised this made so much news internationally? As Em said, we're strangely used to news of bombings, but I don't remember if Omagh made quite as many headlines and am forced to wonder if G8 or Al Qaeda fever is the reason behind the publicity.

Jed-kun · Post by **Jed-kun** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:27 am

Pipestrell wrote:Is it strange for me to be surprised this made so much news internationally? As Em said, we're strangely used to news of bombings, but I don't remember if Omagh made quite as many headlines and am forced to wonder if G8 or Al Qaeda fever is the reason behind the publicity.

I don't think that it's so much G8 or Al Qaeda fever as that it was an attack on a major world city. London is a name that practically everybody knows. If LA, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, or any other major world city were attacked it would make just as much news. It helps that there are rumors of Al Qaeda being involved, sure, but I don't think that it would be much less if there weren't.